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Community health centers bring affordable, quality care to our neighborhoods. For many — especially the most vulnerable Americans — these clinics are the only opportunity to see a doctor. But dysfunction from congressional Republicans has put these lifesaving centers on the chopping block.
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Congressional negotiations over the Pentagon's annual budget are usually a staid affair, with much of the focus on lawmakers’ favored pork projects. But on June 29, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) won nearly unanimous support on the appropriations committee for her measure to sunset the post-9/11 authorization for the use of military force, or AUMF, essentially a blank check for American wars.
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